'Waters' in the Bible

“He gives rain upon the earthAnd sends waters upon the fields,

“For you would forget your trouble;You would remember it as waters that have passed by.

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

“As water evaporates from the sea,And a river drains and dries up,

Water wears away the stones,Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth;They do not turn toward the vineyards.

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

“The spirits of the dead trembleUnderneath the waters and their inhabitants.

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],And the cloud does not burst under them.

“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the watersAt the boundary between light and darkness.

“When He gave weight and pressure to the windAnd allotted the waters by measure,

‘My root is spread out and open to the waters,And the dew lies all night upon my branch.

“Ice is made by the breath of God,And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

“Water becomes like stone [and hides itself],And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,So that an abundance of water will cover you?